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Re: full of broods

Here's a pic of mine, sorry all the bees got in the way. This queen is now in a nuc as the hive wants to supercede her or maybe swarm, but it looks more like supercedure. She's possibly a 2011 Kona, some white remnant paint on her.

Her first daughter just hatched tuesday or so last week and another one just got nuc'd Friday and the main hive has two nice capped queencells to work with. Looks a little spotty, but nectar and pollen were coming in so fast any empty cell got filled up immediately.f

Re: full of broods

I like that first pic Dave, I have a hive doing that too, moving up into the second box of all capped honey, they don't cap it as pretty as yours though. Got a nice rainbow pattern of capped brood, larvae though

Re: full of broods

Those picture aren't from this year, although I saw a few nice ones on Sunday, I didn't take any pictures. All of the wax so far this year is much darker, and I don't have much if any capped honey yet. I do have some nice brood patterns - in general much better than at this time last spring. I need to get some current pictures next time. Maybe there will be some white wax by next week.

Re: full of broods

TommyT - that frame of brood was produced in a queen right mating nuc and then when it was moved to a queen less cell starter hive to strengthen it the cells were built on it - aka wild cells. They were probably either wasted or harvested for jelly, but I don't remember. I know it seems a terrible waste, but when you set up to rear a few queens un-needed cells are part of it.

Re: full of broods

Yep, I have a new wax frame 80% built with capped broods all solid pattern. Didn't take a pic today though.
The wax on the frame is white and so is the capped broods a light yellowish tan color. Very interesting to me
how the bees made them. I'm a happy beekeeper so far this year. Last year was awful.